Connectivity Planning to Address Climate Change

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 407-416

  Nuñez, Tristan A ^a,b   Lawler, Joshua J ^a   McRae, Brad H ^c   Pierce, D John ^d   Krosby, Meade B ^a   Kavanagh, Darren M ^c   Singleton, Peter H ^a,e   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate gradients; Coarse filter approach; Conservation planning; Corridors; Reserve design

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LAND USE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT DISPERSAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PLANT DISPERSAL;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875540727     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12014     Document Type: Article

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